Do you know of an outstanding member of ICEAA Washington Capital Area Chapter (WCAC) who has made a difference in the profession? An individual or team whose work is leaping beyond the forefront? An emerging superstar with a blindingly bright future, or a pillar of the cost community whose years of dedication have strengthened everyone around them?
The ICEAA WCAC Awards Committee would love to hear about them! Review the criteria below and complete this nomination form in its entirety for one of the four awards offered by the Chapter.
All nominations must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023.
Please attach your completed nomination form to an e-mail addressed to the Chapter Secretary, Ms. Courtney Silies, at secretary@washingtoniceaa.com. You should receive a reply within two business days confirming your successful submission.
Winners of the 2023 ICEAA WCAC Awards automatically will be entered into this year’s Association Awards, with a note indicating their victory at the Chapter level.
Thank you for taking the time to recognize your exceptional colleagues!
AWARD CRITERIA
Awardees are eligible only if they are current members of ICEAA WCAC in good standing. For team awards, this means that at least one team member must be a member of ICEAA WCAC in good standing. Greater weight shall be given to teams where a significant contribution was made by one or more ICEAA WCAC members.
Only one plaque shall be awarded per award. For teams, a single plaque will be awarded, and a certificate given to each team member who is an ICEAA WCAC member in good standing.
Team Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes a team demonstrating significant accomplishments during the year through analysis for their organization (or an organization supported by their work). Achievement should have a significant resultant impact on the mission of the organization or by influencing an important decision through the use of cost analysis.
- Demonstrating an outstanding accomplishment within the field.
- Promoting high impact on the organization or chapter supported by the work.
- Exemplifying how cost analysis work provides decision support by influencing the management vision, goals, and objectives.
- Key team member(s) must be current member(s) of the ICEAA WCAC in good standing.
Technical Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes the individual who has made outstanding technical contributions to the profession of cost estimating and analysis over the past year. Technical excellence may be accomplished through significant achievement in technical work and/or by playing an instrumental part in the development of technical products. A few examples of such contributions would include:
- Performing research in developing new knowledge and advancing theory in cost estimating and analysis.
- Innovative use of cost models or development of new models.
- Promoting integration and synergy among cost estimating and analysis and other disciplines.
- Developing and maintaining standards of proficiency and performance.
- Establishing standards in the terminology, conduct, and application of cost estimating and analysis.
- Using new approaches and techniques to conduct cost estimates/analyses or parametric databases/analyses, develop CERs, databases, and/or models.
- Expert application of statistical procedures for CERs.
- The individual recipient must be a current member of ICEAA WCAC in good standing.
Management Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes the individual who has made outstanding management contributions to the profession of cost estimating and analysis over approximately the previous year. Management excellence may be accomplished through significant administration of cost estimates and analyses. The Award recognizes the individual who provides the most effective demonstration of his/her project management competence. A few examples of such contributions would include:
- Creating a productive work environment as well as the drive and impetus to enable co-workers or employees to accomplish achievements.
- Exhibiting a balance of management skills, juggling different views and perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities.
- Maintaining focus ensuring his/her team’s performance is efficient and the project’s objectives are met.
- Rewarding achievement through an appropriate program of recognition and endorsement.
- Promoting standards of proficiency and performance.
- Providing forums and media through which experiences with the principles and techniques of cost estimating and analysis may be reported, discussed, and published in furtherance of public interest.
- Developing and maintaining standards of proficiency and performance.
- The individual recipient must be a current member of ICEAA WCAC in good standing.
Junior Analyst of the Year Award: This award recognizes an individual with 5 or fewer years of cost estimating/analysis-related experience who has contributed to significant cost analysis work during the course of the year. This individual should demonstrate a bright future through job-related work and education in the field. Work-related activities can be performed individually or as part of a larger group. This individual demonstrates the use of CEBOK principles within his/her cost analysis work.
- Demonstrating work toward proficiency in the field through job-related activities and education.
- Demonstrating an upward trajectory on increasing levels of skill and impact to cost field.
- The individual recipient must be a current member of ICEAA WCAC in good standing.